On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In case of 'if (filp->f_pos == 0 or 1)' of sysfs_readdir(), > the failure from filldir() isn't handled, and the reference counter > of the sysfs_dirent object pointed by filp->private_data will be > released without clearing filp->private_data, so use after free > bug will be triggered later. > > This patch returns immeadiately under the situation for fixing the bug, > and it is reasonable to return from readdir() when filldir() fails. > > Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/sysfs/dir.c | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c > index c9e1660..e145126 100644 > --- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c > @@ -1020,6 +1020,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir) > ino = parent_sd->s_ino; > if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0) > filp->f_pos++; > + else > + return 0; > } > if (filp->f_pos == 1) { > if (parent_sd->s_parent) > @@ -1028,6 +1030,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir) > ino = parent_sd->s_ino; > if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0) > filp->f_pos++; > + else > + return 0; > } Looks good to me. This is just an observation. readdir callers are checking against NULL as opposed 0. Not a problem really probably since NULL is defined as 0. -- Shuah -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html